Date: 10/04/2009

Number: 1

Today Meg and I decided to go canoeing at Falls Lake hoping to see some remaining shorebirds. We launched at the boat launch on Redwood Road and paddled against a strong southwestern wind across the lake and landed at the old railroad trestle. Very quickly we started seeing Monarchs flying up then across the lake heading southwest. Between 12:30 pm and 2:30 PM we tallied 60 Monarchs, ended the day at 4:45 with 85 Monarchs! Given the flyways for Monarchs in NC are clearly either along the coast or across the mountains I think 85 makes it an exceptional day in the Piedmont!

Courtesy of Carolina Leps

Falls Lake, NC

Latitude: 35.9 Longitude: -78.6

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